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The ability to understand the cause of your own suffering gives you the ability to understand ours.

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Byron Katie
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: December 6
Author
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Breckenridge
Texas
Byron Kathleen Mitchell
Cause
Gives
Causes
Suffering
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